NAME

mkfifo — Create FIFO special files

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

mkfifo creates a FIFO special file at file.

OPTIONS

-m mode

Set permission of new special file, relative to 0666/rw-rw-rw using the same format as chmod(1).

EXIT STATUS

The mkfifo utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

mknod(1)

STANDARDS

mkfifo should be compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.1-2024 (“POSIX.1”) specification.

AUTHORS

Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact+utils@hacktivis.me>